Dreams

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Dreams can be mysterious, but understanding the meaning of our dreams can be downright baffling. The content of our dreams can shift suddenly, feature bizarre elements or frighten us with terrifying imagery. The fact that dreams can be so rich and compelling is what causes many to believe that there must be some meaning to our dreams.

While many theories exist to explain why we dream, no one yet fully understands their purpose, let alone how to interpret the meaning of dreams. In fact, some prominent researchers such as G. William Domhoff suggest that dreams most likely serve no real purpose.

Despite this, dream interpretation has becoming increasingly popular. While research has not demonstrated a purpose...
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These symbols, he believed, represented attitudes that are repressed by the conscious mind. Unlike Freud, who often suggested that specific symbols represents specific unconscious thoughts, Jung believed that dreams can be highly personal and that interpreting these dreams involved knowing a great deal about the individual dreamer.

Hall: Dreams as a Cognitive Process:

Calvin S. Hall proposed that dreams are part of a cognitive process in which dreams serve as conceptions of elements of our personal lives. Hall looked for themes and patterns by analyzing thousands of dream diaries from participants, eventually creating a quantitative coding system that divided the content of dreams into a number of different categories.

According to Halls theory, interpreting dreams requires knowing:

The actions of the dreamer within the dream
The objects and figures in the dream
The interactions between the dreamer and the characters in the dream
The dreams setting, transitions and outcome
The ultimate goal of this dream interpretation is not to understand the dream, however, but to understand the dreamer.

Domhoff: Dreams as a Reflection of Waking Life:

G. William Domhoff is a prominent dream researcher who studied with Calvin Hall at the University of Miami. In large-scale studies on the content of dreams, Domhoff has found that dreams reflect the thoughts and concerns of a dreamers waking life. Domhoff suggests a neurocognitive model of dreams in which the process of dreaming results from neurological processes and a system of schemas. Dream content, he
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Opens with Impact: "There is no strife, no prejudice, no national conflict in outer space as yet" (John F. Kennedy Speech)
Clear Preview: Dreams are important for all people. They give us a sense of
hope and motivation to achieve after something that we feel
would be impossible.
Connects with Audience: Dreams is what keeps people going in life; everybody
needs dreams to live
Clear Thesis Statement: Without dreams, man would never and will never achieve
greater heights.
Signposting: End each topic with an example.
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I. Why dreams are so Important.
A. They give us

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